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Ayesha Takia born April 10, 1985[1] in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India is an Indian film actress.

Ayesha Takia was born on April 10, 1985 and grew up in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She comes from a mixed family. Her father, Nishit, is Gujarati, and her mother, Faridah, is half British and half Maharashtrian, an Anglo-Indian Muslim. Ayesha Takia went to St. Anthony's High School, but never went to college because she started to work when she turned sixteen. She said in interviews that she grew up speaking English at home and had to learn Hindi and Telugu for her film roles. Her father interacts with her producers and handles her dates. Ayesha Takia has a younger sister named Natasha born on February 5, 1988. Restaurentier Farhan Azmi son of Samajwadi Party Bombay Chief Abu Asim Azmi is her present Boy Friend.

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Ayesha's favorite actors from childhood are Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan. Her favorite actresses are Sridevi and Rani Mukherji. She finds that there are many good directors but she has always liked Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Ayesha Takia appeared in the famous I'm a Complan Boy! I'm a Complan Girl! campaign alongside Shahid Kapoor and also in a music video, Falguni Pathak's Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye, when she was fifteen. She then appeared in the video, Shake It Daddy, when she was sixteen, which brought her to the attention of the movie industry, and a few film offers followed. She signed a contract for Socha Na Tha, then for Taarzan: The Wonder Car. However, delays in making Socha Na Tha meant that Taarzan released first and was therefore her "debut" film. Ayesha Takia won the Filmfare Best Debut Award in 2004 for her performance in Taarzan: The Wonder Car.
She has appeared in a number of films that have done poorly at the box office. However, she has been highly praised for her work in the 2006 Dor, a smaller budget film in which she plays the role of a young widowed Rajasthani woman living in a traditional joint family. Ayesha Takia went on to win several awards for her performance in the film Dor, including the Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actress . Her recent films in 2007-08 'No Smoking' and 'Sunday' were box office disasters.

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Ayesha Takia born on April 10th, 1986 in Mumbai is a very promising actress in Bollywood. She won several awards for her wonderful acting abilities. The sexy actress who dreamt of becoming an actress first came to prominence as a four-year-old child model with her cliché dialogue in a Complan ad, 'I am a Complan girl'.

Ayesha Takia was born to Nishit, who hails from Gujarat, while her mother is half-Maharashtrian and half Britain. Spending most of the time with her mother, Ayesha Takia grew up speaking English at home. This cute 'Complan girl' has appeared in several commercial ads. When she stepped into her sweet teens, she appeared in Falguni Pathak's "Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye" in 2001 and later appeared in DJ Aqueel's "Shake it Daddy", which got her widespread recognition with the Indian audience and literally
landed film roles in Bollywood.

Three years later, the fascinating beauty began her film journey with "Tarzan: The Wonder Car" 2004} and won a Filmfare Best Debut award for her performance. Ayesha Takia first signed "Socha Na Tha"{2005}, but as the film suffered hiccups and got delayed, so "Tarzan..." became her debut movie. She then acted in popular movies, "Dil Maange More!!!" {2004} and "Shaadi No. 1".

The movie "Shaadi No. 1" failed miserably at the box office despite the biggest star cast
assembled in the movie with the likes of Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan and Esha Deol. Even though the movie did not do well Ayesha Takia's screen presence and acting was well appreciated by the audience. She looked extremely sexy and hot in the movie.

In the year 2006, Ayesha Takia's biggest role came her way with "Dor", in which she portrayed the role of a young widow living in a Rajasthani traditional joint family. She gave a stunning performance in the movie, which won critical acclaim from movie critics and general public alike. She also won several awards which include, Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award, Star Screen Award Best Actress {Critics}, Zee Cine Critics Award, and Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards.

Following her super performance in Dor, the gorgeous beauty bagged several movie offers, in which she rendered wonderful performances showcasing her natural acting talents. She chose her roles which presented her beauty in a sensuous way but never did expose to the extent of vulgarity. Ayesha said, "Firstly, I cannot do what Meghna Naidu, Mallika Sherawat or Neha Dhupia did in 'Hawas', 'Murder', and 'Julie' respectively. Neither can I do a 'Girlfriend.' Yes, I can wear short tops and minis, but I would be uncomfortable wearing anything more revealing." Her forthcoming movies, which are awaiting releases, are "No Smoking", "Sunday", "Wanted Dead and Alive" and "Tasveer".

The buxom beauty was chosen by the viewers of 'Zoom', an Indian television channel as one of the top ten on the list of India's 50 most desirable women alive. This most desirable woman is reportedly dating Farhan Azmi, the high-profile restaurateur and son of Samajwadi Party MP Abu Asim Azmi. She said that she "would date a person who would definitely be someone who I could respect and look up to. Someone with loads of manners."

Ayesha Takia is currently one of the Hottest actresses in Bollywood. She is still very young and with loads of talent she will surely make it to the top one day.

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Ayesha Takia born April 10, 1985 in Mumbai, India is a Bollywood actress who won Best Debut Female at Filmfare for her performance in Taarzan. The Wonder Car. Her other films includes her role as Shalini in Socha Na Tha. She appeared in the famous I'm a Complan Boy! I'm a Complan Girl! campaign alongside Shahid Kapoor. She is a Mumbaite and comes from a mixed family. Her father is Gujarati, and her mother is half British and half Maharashtrian. In her free time, she enjoys listening to stories, listening to music, reading, spending time with family, long drives, and sitting at cafés over conversation with people she likes.

Ayesha had to learn Hindi to do films, but only needed to learn diction because she came from a family where they speak more English at home. She is a pure vegetarian. She started her career at the age of 17 and had already won the Filmfare Best Debut Award 2004 for Taarzan. In 2006, Ayesha Takia was amongst the Top Ten on the listing of India's 50 Most Desirable Women Alive, a poll conducted by Zoom, an Indian TV channel.

Ayesha Takia is currently one of the Hottest actresses in Bollywood. She is still very young and with loads of talent she will surely make it to the top one day. Ayesha Takia is dating with restauranter Farhan Azmi.